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Fiocchi Munizioni (Fiocchi Ammunition) is one of Italy's largest and oldest manufacturers of ammunitions. The Company's headquarters and main production plant are in Via Santa Barbara in Lecco, Italy.
[edit] HistoryFiocchi Munizioni was founded on 3 July 1876 in Lecco, Italy, by accountant Giulio Fiocchi. In 1876, Giulio Fiocchi took over the ammunition production part of a weapon and ammunition company already based in Lecco, which worked on the production of small caliber ammunitions, making of the Fiocchi final product the best on the market.[citation needed]  At that time a radical change was introduced in firearms: the newly developed breech-loader employing ammunition and components (especially cases) of modern concept replaced the traditional muzzle loader. Fiocchi started manufacturing cases with primers suitable for reloading; in the early 1890s the production was extended to complete cartridges loaded with bullets or shots. At the same time Fiocchi gave up the production of black powder as it was no more profitable. Fiocchi has always designed and made its own production equipment.[citation needed] Such a strategy has always enabled Fiocchi to guide production with up-to-date technology matching with its manufacturing configuration.[citation needed] At the beginning of 20th century, Fiocchi introduced a product diversification and successfully entered a new field of activity -snaps- made using the off-cuts of production. This brought to the creation of Fiocchi Snaps in 1903. Snaps business assumed an important role to counterbalance the trend of the ammunition market and at the end of 80's was so attractive that, upon Fiocchi decision to focus ammunition as core business, the snaps factory was taken over by the European leader in this field of activity. During its long life Fiocchi has manufactured all kind of ammunition for guns rifle or pistol: from fire pin shotshells and cartridges, to all kind of cartridges and cases either rimfire or centrefire. [edit] Crucial dates in the history of the Fiocchi Group
[edit] Recent HistoryFiocchi Munizioni is a world-leader in small gauge ammunition and offers a very wide range of products suitable to meet all demands from shooters or hunters. Its presence and production sites are also in the United States and in Hungary. Furthermore, Fiocchi also expanded in Great Britain, where Fiocchi UK was opened in 2008. Qualifications and Certifications of prestige attest the level of quality achieved by the company:
Furthermore, Fiocchi shooting cartridges have contributed to several World Cups and Olympic triumphs, as the Games in Athens in 2004 as well as in those in Beijing in 2008. Fiocchi Munizioni S.p.A. is still entirely owned by the founder's Family. After 130 years, Fiocchi Munizioni is still entirely owned by private capital heading to the Fiocchi Family. [edit] ProductsFiocchi's product range includes:
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